Henry oliver



(No Model.) H OLIVER ENVELOPE.

No. 389,318. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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PNITED STATES PATENT HENRY OLIVER, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO ARABELLA C.CUNNINGHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,318, datedSeptember 11, 1888.

Application filed June 28, 1887. Renewed June 3, 1888. Serial No.275,840,}.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY OLIVER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have i nvented a new and Improved Envelope, ofwhich the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in envelopes, and has for itsobject to provide an improved envelope specially adapted fortransmitting merchandise, samples, and printed matter through the mails,or for filing away documents and other papers.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will I5 be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate 2ocorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the envelope open. Fig. 2 is a similarview illustrating the envelope as closed, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal andlongitudinal section taken on line or a; of

Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention an envelope, A, of any desired shape orsize, is employed and manufactured from anysuitablc material.

The flap A of the envelope, which is usually pasted down upon the body,is provided with an eyelet-hole, B, located about the center of the saidflap and preferably in substantial alignment with its angular end ct, asshown in Fig. 1.

In the rear of the envelope, at the union of the side flaps, G, astaple, C, is fastened at a point substantially horizontally centeringthe eyelet B when the top flap, A, is folded down upon the body, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. 0 Prior to the staple 0 being inserted, asafore- (No model.)

said, the body at the point of insertion is reenforced by a strip, D,attached either upon the outer or inner side, but preferably the former,which strip may be of a tough or stout paper or of a suitablefabric-such as linen; 5 also, prior to the introduction of the staplethrough the strip D and united side flaps, O, a band, D, of rubber orother suitable elastic material, is entered upon the staple, adapted, asshown in Fig. 1, to be suspended therefrom outside the envelope.

In operation the articles to be mailed, expressed, or preserved areinserted in the envelope in the usual manner, the flap A being alsocarried down, as heretofore, upon the 5 body. The elastic band D is thenpassed from the under side out through the eyelet B and made toencompass the envelope centrally the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

I do not limit myself to the attachment of 6c) the band D by means of astaple.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An envelope provided with an eyelet in the upper or folding flap andhaving an elastic band secured to the body in position to be passedthrough said eyelet and around the body when said flap is folded down,substantially as set forth.

2. An envelope provided with an eyelet in the upper or folding flap, astaple inserted at the union of the side flaps of the body, and anelastic band carried by said staple, adapted to be passed through saideyelet and encircle the

